DOI issue:
No. 380 (November 1924)
DOI article:[Notes: one hundred and ninety-three illustrations]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21400#0306
DUBLIN—LA ROCHELLE—PARIS
Jfc&S.
ILLUSTRATION TO P. GERALDY'S " LA
GUERRE, MADAME." BY BERNARD NAUDIN
(Helleu, Paris)
The nine-year-old controversy as to the idea it sets out to express. The sculp-
the ultimate destination of the Lane tured decorations are fully in accord with
pictures, now to be seen in the Tate the monumental form, and this is the
Gallery, still drags its weary length along, saving grace of the plein air sculptor, who
Since the Government appointed a com- can never afford to divorce his work from
mission to consider Sir Hugh Lane's architecture, a a a a a
unexecuted codicil, the Municipal Com- A short extract from the appreciation of
missioners of Dublin have publicly under- a renowned art-critic (M. Louis Vauxelles)
taken to provide, within five years, a in " L'Amour de l'Art "will be of interest,
suitable gallery should the pictures even- After describing the beautiful situation of
tually be awarded to Dublin. The com- the monument and contrasting it with
missioners' report may be expected to many tasteless, so-called " memorials,"
settle the matter finally, but cannot fail M. Vauxelles goes on to say : " The whole
to cause much heartburning on one side is classical and French. The architecture
or other of the Irish Sea, unless a satis- of the bronze plinth is one with the statue,
factory compromise is accepted by all and forms a sort of link between the work
parties to the dispute—and this, from the of MM. Bunel and Beraud, the architects,
very nature of the case, seems to be most and that of M. Costa, the sculptor. There
unlikely. T. B. is strength in the horizontal mass and
slenderness in the vertical lines made up by
LA ROCHELLE.—Among the numer- the pylons, blank spaces and fluted columns,
ous memorials which have been It is a pure and noble work, worthy to
erected to the memory of those who fell stand as a perpetual memorial." 0 a
in the War, that possessed by the town of
La Rochelle stands out by virtue of its T3ARIS.—M. Bernard Naudin, in his
strong originality and emotional appeal. 1 book-illustrations, goes far beyond
The Parisian press and a good many mere representation of the exteriors of the
foreign journals have proclaimed this as characters described by his author, and
one of the most interesting manifestations seeks to express their inward nature. He
of modern art, " in which the sculpture is is one of our contemporary artists who best
in conformity with the whole architectural adapts himself to the conditions of illus-
conception," and is commensurate with tration. 0000a
286
Jfc&S.
ILLUSTRATION TO P. GERALDY'S " LA
GUERRE, MADAME." BY BERNARD NAUDIN
(Helleu, Paris)
The nine-year-old controversy as to the idea it sets out to express. The sculp-
the ultimate destination of the Lane tured decorations are fully in accord with
pictures, now to be seen in the Tate the monumental form, and this is the
Gallery, still drags its weary length along, saving grace of the plein air sculptor, who
Since the Government appointed a com- can never afford to divorce his work from
mission to consider Sir Hugh Lane's architecture, a a a a a
unexecuted codicil, the Municipal Com- A short extract from the appreciation of
missioners of Dublin have publicly under- a renowned art-critic (M. Louis Vauxelles)
taken to provide, within five years, a in " L'Amour de l'Art "will be of interest,
suitable gallery should the pictures even- After describing the beautiful situation of
tually be awarded to Dublin. The com- the monument and contrasting it with
missioners' report may be expected to many tasteless, so-called " memorials,"
settle the matter finally, but cannot fail M. Vauxelles goes on to say : " The whole
to cause much heartburning on one side is classical and French. The architecture
or other of the Irish Sea, unless a satis- of the bronze plinth is one with the statue,
factory compromise is accepted by all and forms a sort of link between the work
parties to the dispute—and this, from the of MM. Bunel and Beraud, the architects,
very nature of the case, seems to be most and that of M. Costa, the sculptor. There
unlikely. T. B. is strength in the horizontal mass and
slenderness in the vertical lines made up by
LA ROCHELLE.—Among the numer- the pylons, blank spaces and fluted columns,
ous memorials which have been It is a pure and noble work, worthy to
erected to the memory of those who fell stand as a perpetual memorial." 0 a
in the War, that possessed by the town of
La Rochelle stands out by virtue of its T3ARIS.—M. Bernard Naudin, in his
strong originality and emotional appeal. 1 book-illustrations, goes far beyond
The Parisian press and a good many mere representation of the exteriors of the
foreign journals have proclaimed this as characters described by his author, and
one of the most interesting manifestations seeks to express their inward nature. He
of modern art, " in which the sculpture is is one of our contemporary artists who best
in conformity with the whole architectural adapts himself to the conditions of illus-
conception," and is commensurate with tration. 0000a
286